Famous quotes containing the words jacob and/or told:
“I was not unemployed in my profession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and rings like unto bullion.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Anna: I’m getting married.
Stephen: Oh. Who to?
Anna: William.
Stephen: Ah. Have you told him?”
—Harold Pinter (b. 1930)